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Judge John Hodgman Episode 159: The Waiting Game

Mollie files suit against her husband Geoff. She says Geoff can be overly competitive when playing board games, and takes his sweet time plotting the perfect move to crush his opponents. She wants Geoff to get a move on! Geoff says playing the game means taking the time to do it right. Who's right? Who's wrong?

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Hey catching up on backlogged episodes - there are also cooperative board games out there like Pandemic or Touch of Evil, games where they can work together towards a common goal. A lot of the time, each person's turn is spent conversing and deciding what to do with the other players.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I object to the classification of The Ghostbusters as just a Bill Murray vehicle - the rest of the cast was awesome, too! They played off each other as a team and it worked. I love that movie and have never thought of it as just "a Bill Murray movie".

I totally respect the idea that Geoff just wants to play with the rules that come out of the box, but there's an easy way to change the rules to speed him up without adding a handicap - just make Mollie play her turn under the same time limit.

You can absolutely play Ascension by yourself! It offers a solitaire version of the regular game that is, in my opinion, more difficult than playing with other people. Anyone who loves Ascension should definitely give it a try.

Also, the iPhone version of the game is another great way to play without the need of others.